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    EssilorLuxottica and Myopia Profile launch podcast series

    2022-10-17T08:59:00Z

    EssilorLuxottica and Myopia Profile have announced a new chapter in their partnership with the launch of a podcast series which will be available exclusively on Leonardo, the Italo-French group’s learning platform. The podcasts will focus on providing simple steps and practical advice on myopia management to eye care practitioners (ECP) ...

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    HOYA shares more myopia control research data

    2022-09-20T14:12:00Z

    During the myopia symposium hosted by HOYA Vision Care at the International Myopia Conference in Rotterdam earlier this month, several ophthalmology experts shared new data on the performance of MiYOSMART, the Japanese group’s myopia control lens. Research by Dr. Andrea Lembo of the University Hospital San Giuseppe Multimedica in Milan ...

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    CVI up 11% organically, sees myopia management segment breaking even

    2022-09-01T15:33:00Z

    CooperCompanies has reported a 2 percent year-on-year increase to $566.3 million in sales for its CooperVision unit in Q3, slowed down by strong currency headwinds. The division’s revenue grew by 10 percent at constant exchange rates and by 11 percent on an organic basis compared to the same quarter last ...

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    HOYA Vision Care launches new MiYOSMART global campaign

    2022-07-27T07:57:00Z

    HOYA VISION CARE has announced that it would roll out by the end of the year a new multi-support advertising campain called ”Myopia Care for Kids” in all the markets where it has started distribution of MiYOSMART, its myopia management lens. The company said that the campaign was both aimed ...

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    Kubota Glass starts distribution in Taiwan

    2022-07-12T07:13:00Z

    Kubota Vision has announced the signature of a distribution partnership with EverLight Instruments Company for the commercialization of its Kubota Glass myopia-management device in Taiwan, where the product has been approved by health regulation authorities. Separately, the U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese-based Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings group said that Ryo ...

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    Encouraging results for Sightglass Vision’s myopia glasses

    2022-06-24T08:31:00Z

    Interim data from the first 24 months of a CYPRESS clinical trial suggest that glasses with SightGlass Vision’s Diffusion Optics Technology reduce both axial length and cycloplegic SER progression in six- and seven-year-old children. A paper on the trial – titled “Two Year Effectiveness of a Novel Myopia Management Spectacle ...

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    Kubota Glass gets FDA registration

    2022-06-13T08:37:00Z

    Kubota Vision, the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese-based Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings, has announced that it has completed the registration with the Food and Drug Administration of its myopia management glasses. Called Kubota Glass, the device is based on the company’s proprietary technology, which consists in the projection of myopically-defocused virtual images ...

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    CooperVision up 11% in Q2, to exit CL solutions’ segment

    2022-06-03T08:18:00Z

    CooperCompanies has reported a 6 percent year-on-year revenue increase to $553.8 million for its CooperVision unit in the second quarter of the 2022 fiscal year. On a constant exchange rate and on an organic basis, sales were up by 11 percent and 12 percent, respectively, compared to 2021, decelerating slightly ...

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    Ortho-k and overseas market keep driving Menicon

    2022-05-16T11:55:00Z

    Menicon reported a 16.2 percent year-on-year growth in total revenue for its fiscal year ended March 31, with total net sales reaching 100.2 billion Japanese yen (€743m). The Vision Care division, which accounts for over 90 percent of group revenues, reported a double-digit sales increase, driven by a strong expansion ...

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    Myopia management research updates presented at ARVO

    2022-05-11T05:49:00Z

    Three recent studies by the three main players that have developed myopia management eyeglass lenses were presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) conference earlier this month. Hoya Vision Care has announced results from a six-year study of its MiYoSmart lens, which is based on the ...

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    Essilux and CooperVision finalize SightGlass Vision JV

    2022-03-18T09:12:00Z

    A year after the initial announcement of their partnership, EssilorLuxottica and CooperVision have confirmed the finalization of their joint venture agreement for the development of SightGlass Vision, a new lens in the myopia management segment. During its last results’ presentation, CooperVision said that the two partners were still discussing the ...

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    JINS tests violet light for myopia management project

    2022-01-25T11:50:00Z

    JINS, the Tokyo-based optical retail group, is about to launch the second stage of its clinical research on the suppression of myopia progression, in partnership with Tsubota Laboratory, a startup from Keio University, one of the top universities in the country. The project takes its roots in 2011 when JINS ...

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    EMEA rebound drove CooperVision in Q4

    2021-12-06T08:26:00Z

    CooperVision has reported a 12 percent year-on-year increase in Q4 revenues to $564.8 million, an 11 percent hike at constant exchange rates. As compared to 2019, sales grew by 10.8 percent. Commenting on the quarterly results, Al White, CEO of CooperCompanies, noted that the revenue growth had been driven by ...

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    CooperVision reveals new MiSight research data

    2021-11-06T10:16:00Z

    CooperVision has disclosed new clinical trial data for its MiSight 1 day myopia contact lens, showing no rebound in children myopia one year after cessation of treatment. After six years of clinical trial using MiSight 1 day, study participants were transitioned to single vision lens in order to measure whether ...

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    First launch and 2-year trial results announced for SightGlass Vision

    2021-10-12T01:25:00Z

    In conjunction with the commercial launch of the product in the Netherlands, CooperVision released last week the results of the ongoing clinical trial on the performance of its SightGlass Vision lenses in terms of myopia progression reduction after two years of research. The CYPRESS clinical study, as it is called, ...

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    HOYA and Haag-Streit partner in myopia management

    2021-10-06T06:21:00Z

    HOYA Vision Care and Haag-Streit Diagnostics, a leading manufacturer of ophthalmic instruments and medical equipment, have announced a global partnership in the area of myopia management. Both companies said that the global sales and marketing agreement created a preferred partnership between them to help eye care professionals (ECP) in the ...

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    Fast-growing Cooper gears up for MiSight launch

    2021-09-03T19:45:00Z

    Cooper Companies reported a 32 percent year-on-year revenue increase for the third quarter of its current financial year to a total of $763 million with a solid performance in both its CooperVision and CooperSurgical divisions, which respectively grew by 24 percent to $557.5 million and by 60 percent to $205.9 ...

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    CooperVision’s MiSight 1 Day approved in China

    2021-08-13T14:34:00Z

    CooperVision announced yesterday that its MiSight 1 Day contact lens has been approved by the Chinese National Medical Products Administration, the national medical and pharmaceutical regulator in the country, following a priority review. Myopia prevalence has increased significantly in recent years, reaching 14.3 percent of 6 years old children and ...

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    HOYA partners with Myopia Profile on training program

    2021-07-19T01:31:00Z

    HOYA Vision Care is partnering with Myopia Profile , an international information resource on myopia management, to launch a co-created certified training program to educate eye care professionals on the topic and empower them to prescribe spectacle lenses for children. The program includes certified courses on myopia, the current ...

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    J & J Vision creates myopia education leadership role

    2021-07-19T01:30:00Z

    Johnson Johnson Vision is appointing Dr. Chandra Mickles to the newly created position of North America Professional Education Lead, Myopia. Coming from the academic sector, Mickles will be in charge of the company’s education programs around myopia for eye care professionals. The appointment follows recent announcements ...